Literary · Asked 26th September 2011 · 1,279 views Is it ironic that... In Frankenstein, is it ironic that the creature says the cottagers were his protectors The verdict 50% ironic 50% not 50% say this IS ironic · 5 votes Cast your vote How ironic is this on a scale of 0 to 10? 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Definitely ironic Not ironic at all Submit vote ← All examples Random example → Submit your own → More literary irony View all → Is it ironic that The dictionary entry for "short" is really, really long? 78% ironic 9 votes Vote → Is it ironic that Hamlet uses Socratic irony rather than tragic irony to expose his father's murder. 50% ironic 1 votes Vote → Is it ironic that Someone will write a poem about how homework takes forever, and then they realize they're done? 88% ironic 4 votes Vote → Is it ironic that Ray Bradbury's book Fahrenheit 451, is consistently on the top 100 list of banned books in the US. 91% ironic 14 votes Vote → Not sure what counts? Read our definition of irony, or learn the difference between situational irony and plain bad luck.